Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-12-22
J. w. Orcutt a Dohe mlon oat, agent O,

| y psianti, a, gone To canada. Since the
| conviction of hammer ut Flint, they have
been encouraged TO take proceedings
against the ringleader AMI Orcutt, setting
wind OF u warrant which was out for him
lett.
Ine Minneapolis, Sault Sto Marie d
Atlantic road has reached Sauit Ste Marie.
The following o.h.;ers wero electol at
the recent fruit growers convention in
raw raw: Waiter Phillips OK Grand
haven was re-elected presiien; q. ii.
LaLeur, Allegan, secretary; A. Smith,
Benton HarDor, treasurer The next
meeting will DO held at Benton Harbor
the last wednesday in May.
Shafts are beins sunk ut Vassar to tap
the recsntiy discovered strata of coal
there.
l. The next state oucampment of the G. A.
r. will DO held at Lansing nsxt MLrcI. 1t
will probably DO a throe days session u nj
/ held during tne second weok. 1t Is ex-
pected tna5 over l,5JJ veterans will be in
Attendance. Tho Woman's Rslief Corps
will hold Il special meeting at the same
time and this will bring TO ths csty over
10 ladies, WIVES o. tn, veterans.
| A cavern occurred at the Calumet a
Hecla mine the other evening Tn!s will
cause disastrous delay in tns working
| OF the mine.
| A vegetable evaporating company,
working uhder q new process, will 60 into
business at Jackson. The scheme, aside
from certain processes wnicn are As yet
held secret, is Simple one, viz; 10
evaporate and grind To powder vegetables
| of all kinds. lt is claimed that by this
process vegetables can DO carried to the
| Arctic region; AM kept fresh there for an
| indefinite tims.
Burglars attempted to break into Ohm
stead d Storms bank at Ga.esburg, the
other night. George Cory, VINO sleeps
overhead, was awakenel, and SEEING his
revolver, rushed down stairs and was
confronted by three men, who opened fire
on him. lie returned their fire aud they
ran away. He followed, emptying his
revolver at their ret reating figures. One
of the burglars ran about BLOCK and then
fell. he was taken up and carried into
the hotel. where it was found that he had
been shot through the right lung. On re
covering consciousness he gave his name
as James Lawrence and said his residence
was Chicago. One of his accomplices, he
said, was named Phillips and two of them
named Brown. He has tattooed on each
arm female figure in India ink, with the
initials j. l..
Arthur Frost of East Saginaw, has been
convicted of cruelty to animals, aud sen
fenced to % days in jail and to pay a fine
of S95.
The drain laws of the state now in force
have been compiled unde.' the direction of
the secretary OF state, as nave also ths
laws relating to highway and bridges, and
may be obtained by addressing that officer
at Lansing.
| Oregon Hamilton, of Woodville, Newsgo
county, is under arrest for the murder of
his infant child The body of the child
| presented q sickeninS sight when viewed
at the inquest. 1t was black from its little
arms to Its knees. It's father manifests no
sorrow in the least, but since his imprison-
ment has been trying to throw the whole
crime upon the woman who had it In
charge, while it is the general belief that
both are equally guilty, and warrant has
been issued for her arrest.
The Commissioner Of Railroads has
issued an order restraining the Ashley
system from using the crossings ON the
Detroit, Ian sing a. Northern, Chicago d
| West Michigan and Grand Rapids &;
Indiana railroads until interlocking
switches arc put in and approved by the
| board.
Fifty men are thrown out of work by
the burning Of the Newaygo manufactur
ing works.
John Startwell of Owosso was killed by
the cars near Gaylord the 9th day.
Frank knight, aged %. of Tecumseh
hung himself because he had been disap-
pointed in love affair. His father, who
discovered tho body hanging in the barn,
has since become a raving maniac.
Gov. Luce is in favor OF the plan of
holding state encampmentscat Mackinac
island, if the expenses can be brought
within the appropriation.
ID. Chaplin the man who led the forces
in the railroad war at Cadillac has been
arrested.
Charlotte has put the liquor bonds up to
$1,000.
Lester Monroe of Kalamazoo, a veteran
of the war OF 1912, aged "a, has just applied
for pension.
| Inc OH I'M DelIa lneUu Society Ol Tue
University of Michigan has been revived.
T.. ID. Pearl, OF Huron, Wayne county,
gets $50 and his doctor bills paid, for in
Juries received by the breaking of a bridge
i'll Van Buren, township. He wanted $3UO.
Tho Duluth, South Shore q Atlanta road
has ordered 10 orc cars of rs tons capacity
| each.
Shiawassee county will vote on local OPP
ton about Jan. IL.
Eugene Converse, the Battle Creek en-.
bezzier and bigamist, gets 10 years in
jackson pri on.
Martin Baker, who attempted a Grimm
al assault upon little sevcn-y ears-old Jo-
hanna Miller, in the suburbs Of Grand
Rapids u few weeks ago, was tried, con-
victed and sentenced to Jackson for ten
years in less than two hours time.
Jimmie Collins the counterfeiter, who
escaped from Ionia prison some weeks ago
was captured at his homo in Muskegon on
the 18th inst
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